The Space Science Institute was awarded a $534,010 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences to conduct research titled "Collaborative Research: Energetic Particle Precipitation from the Magnetosphere and Effects on Ozone Dynamics in the Mesosphere and Stratosphere" from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024.
Under this award, the Space Science Institute will collaborate with researchers to study how energetic particle...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $407,336 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Colorado, a U.S. state government entity and institution of higher learning, under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The funding will support data-driven modeling to study the day-to-day and longitudinal variability of the equatorial electrojet, a critical electrodynamic feature of the low- and mid-latitude ionosphere. Key...
The University of Colorado received a three-year $413,796 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences to support the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry International Project Office (IGAC-IPO) from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. As part of the Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050), this funding will allow the University to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through coordination of the IGAC international...
The Regents of the University of Colorado received a $432,033 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund research from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026 to quantify the contribution of off-equatorial ultra-low frequency waves on radial diffusion in Earth's radiation belts. Specifically, the University will use satellite data from THEMIS, Van Allen Probes,...
This three-year, $178,427 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research exploring the response of the magnetosphere to terrestrial weather. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research will collaborate with other institutions to investigate how sudden stratospheric warmings impact the spatial and temporal variability of the upper ionosphere and magnetosphere using the Multiscale Atmosphere-Geospace Environment model....
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) aims to investigate the relative contributions of different gravity wave sources to the observed large-scale gravity waves in the thermosphere and their impacts on tides, planetary waves, and atmospheric circulations.
The $368,409 award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027, will support controlled simulations and satellite observations to quantify the importance of lower...
This NSF Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) project grant, awarded by the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, provides $182,965 to The Regents of the University of Colorado to study the evolution of magnetospheric plasma waves in response to solar driving. The 5-year project, starting on June 1, 2025, will utilize multi-mission wave data from the Heliophysics System Observatory to characterize the structure and effects of various wave modes in Earth's magnetosphere. Key objectives...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences provides $217,400 to The Regents of the University of Colorado for collaborative research titled "Photochemical Silicon Aerosols: Establishing Atmospheric Sources and Significance." The research will be conducted between February 1, 2021 and January 31, 2024.
The funding supports basic research under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to expand understanding of...
The Regents of the University of Colorado received a $123,303 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences on December 15, 2021 to support research under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) until November 30, 2022.
The grant funds collaborative research titled "RAPID: Extreme Disturbances/Perturbations to Coastal Deposition Systems" to strengthen understanding of integrated Earth system processes through basic research in atmospheric, earth,...
This $158,689 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to The Regents of the University of Colorado to conduct research on the day-to-day variability of the ionosphere and thermosphere over the American continent.
The key objectives are to characterize the correlation between quiet-time ionosphere and thermosphere composition changes, and to investigate the underlying mechanisms driving this variability. The research approach involves...